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In March 1983, President Reagan introduced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, to shift focus from threatening lives to protecting them. Livermore National Laboratory saw a surge in weapons work with the development of third-generation weapons, including nuclear-powered x-ray lasers. The main goal was to create an effective nonnuclear defense, with […]
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The content discusses how to recreate a window using modern OpenGL shaders by embedding them in the source code. It walks through the process of initializing OpenGL, creating a window, initializing shaders, and vertex data. The post highlights the use of VBO instead of VAO, binds arrays of vertices and colors, and details the vertex […]
In preparation for the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, users can calculate when the eclipse will occur at their location with astonishing accuracy. This ability to predict astronomical events has been a triumph of exact science throughout history, from ancient Babylonian observations to the modern day use of the Wolfram Language. By […]
The Helix 24.03 release has landed with a whopping 125 contributors making it happen. This version introduces Amp-like jumping for efficient selection movement, block comment toggling, and tree-sitter injection improvements. The latter allows parsing of multiple languages within a single document, enhancing syntax tree visualization and navigation. Internally, a new event system using Tokio channels […]
This month, I’ve been challenged with getting used to in-ear monitors. They didn’t live up to the hype, feeling like ear plugs! My tech-savvy mom is cooler than me – she’s a computer systems analyst. Bizarre rumors that she’s a jazz guitarist are false – she just plays records! “Tom’s Diner,” my hit song, led […]
In January 2008, David DeWitt and Michael Stonebraker criticized MapReduce, claiming it to be a step backward in large-scale data applications. They argue that MapReduce lacks key features present in modern databases, such as schemas, high-level access languages, and indexing. By using brute force instead of indexing, MapReduce is seen as a poor implementation compared […]
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On March 7, 2024, tailscale.com experienced a 90-minute downtime due to an expired TLS certificate. This issue stemmed from a misconfiguration when migrating to a new hosting provider that does not support IPv6 natively. The expired certificates disrupted access to the site, affecting the Tailscale documentation, blog, and quick install script. Steps were taken to […]
The article discusses the importance of optimizing the performance of operating systems, particularly focusing on locklessly sharing data between threads using methods such as RCU (Read, Copy, Update). The author explains the concept of RCU in detail, highlighting its wait-free nature but cautioning against potential memory leaks if not implemented correctly. The article challenges common […]
MIT chemical engineers have developed a process to efficiently convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a precursor for creating valuable compounds such as ethanol and fuels. This innovation could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by pulling CO2 from power plants and other sources. The method involves using electricity and a DNA-based catalyst to make the conversion […]